Wisdom & wonder
She might be renowned in the Bay for her property prowess, but Bayleys agent
Kay Ganley knows you’re only as good as your team.
words Monique Balvert-O’Connor | photos Salina Galvan
After 23 years in the real estate world, there’s not a lot that multiple award-winning salesperson Kay Ganley doesn’t know about her industry.
And one of those wisdoms, accrued over recent years, is the value of having a team to help her continue to impeccably serve the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa residential property market.
It’s four years now since Kay – who works under the Bayleys Mount Maunganui umbrella – created her own team. That team comprises Kay, three other salespeople, and two personal assistants.
A huge number of listings provided Kay with the incentive to form her own team and she’s never looked back.
“If I am going to stay at the top of my game and not burn out, then I need other good people at my side so we can collectively provide the best possible service. We have each other’s back and provide back-up for each other.
“I can’t imagine not having a team now. Not only does it create a supportive working network, but I like being surrounded by people and sharing my knowledge, and helping them get established too. It has been great to see them flourish. Our team does very well,” Kay says.
Indeed, this people-and-service-focused team does do well, as the plaudits show.
Last year Kay took out top prize for Success Realty Ltd (covering the Waikato, Taranaki, and Bay of Plenty) in the residential category and over all offices (residential, country and commercial) in the same geographic area. The latter is the top prize, and Kay has achieved this over the last two consecutive years. The Kay Ganley brand also scored the top salesperson accolade in the Bayleys Mount Maunganui office for the last eight years; and has sat in the top three nationwide for residential sales.
Kay’s handpicked hard-working and fun-loving team members are Conrad Doyle, Vanessa Wansbrough and Kimberly Bain. Rebecca Yeaxlee and Jenni Stevens fill the personal assistant roles.
Kay’s property purchase
Earlier this year, Kay and her husband Mike Gallagher did some property buying of their own. They shifted from their Mount Maunganui apartment (now run as their Airbnb) to a 2,800m2 site, tucked down a long driveway in a quiet Papamoa cul de sac. There they have renovated and planted to create a tropical oasis.